Bichir/Arowana

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bichirs and aro!! good combo!! look at my avatar..:naughty:
 
What type aro are you thinking? What are the dimensions of the 240g? Depending on what type aro you are planning 240g could be too small.

L!$A;3860638; said:
They get along very well - bichirs are botton dwellers & aros are not!
If you do get an aro a helpful tip is use a ping-pong ball and put it on top of your water - helps with droop eye, always keeps the aro looking up

You also need to make sure you buy the correct sized ping pong paddles that they can hold with their fins;)

That is a common myth spread about the internet, ping pong balls will neither cure nor prevent DE.
 
it worked for our silver aro - we sold him, and the guy didn't use a ping pong ball & he got DE ;)
 
how do you know it worked? It's most likely a fat deposit that forms from not having as much room to swim as in the wild and more food available throughout its lifespan. Food is always available in an aquarium, but there are times of low availability or no food in the wild.


I'm not going to say any more. This thread isn't about DE. There are more than enough threads out there about it.
 
L!$A;3863867; said:
it worked for our silver aro - we sold him, and the guy didn't use a ping pong ball & he got DE ;)

Right :thumbsup: just a coincidence at best. Why did you sell this aro?
 
It may have been a coincidence.. but I figure trying something is better then trying nothing at all!

My bf wants to buy a blue Xback instead of a silver
 
Combs125;3860549; said:
Hi Monster keepers! I introduced myself yesterday and I've spent the past day and a half looking at all the pictures of your beautiful fish. That being said I have a 55 gallon (grow tank i'll call it) Bichir tank and i'm wondering how well an arowana would get along in it. Are their arowana that dont get huge?
I'm also wanting to show off my fish, but for the life of my i cant fighure out how.. when i click on mhy gallery the site says i dont have access yet. Do i need to make 5 posts to be a monster fish member and have access to post my pics?? Please help!!!:confused:
They should do fine together as long as the aro isn't small enough to get picked on/eaten. Also, if you get an aro, be prepared to upgrade in the near future, because a 5" silver aro, for example, would outgrow the 55 in about three months, possibly less depending on how heavily you feed it. And for the part about a small aro, the smallest I know of is either the asian or jardini aros, but both can reach 2-3'. A good alternative (if you can't upgrade) would be the African Butterfly Fish, they are another species of bonytongue fish so they kind of look like aros, but they only grow to about 5" max.
 
L!$A;3865363; said:
It may have been a coincidence.. but I figure trying something is better then trying nothing at all!

My bf wants to buy a blue Xback instead of a silver

How big was the silver aro when you sold it?
 
I think 10 or 11 inches
 
L!$A;3865912; said:
I think 10 or 11 inches

Silver aros have developed DE as small as 8", though more common for them to develop the DE in the 15-18" size range.
 
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